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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 29

Fire Victim Believed Identified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The identity of the man burnt to death in a fire in a block of shops in George-street on Christmas night…

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Big Rubber Fire At Port Moresby

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 3

PORT MORESBY, Friday.—Rubber estimated to be worth £66,000, due to be despatched for Sydney today, was destroyed…

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Heavy Loss In Canberra's Worst Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The biggest and most serious fire in Canberra's history early this morning caused damage estimated at…

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3 Grass Fires in Suburbs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 2

Suburban fire brigades attended three grass fires yesterday. Tighe's Hill brigade put out a grass and rubbish fire at the corner…

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Fire Threatens Rich Pastures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.—About 50,000 acres of pastoral country at Ambathalla, 60 miles north-west of Charleville, has been burnt out by…

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Cessnock Factory Menaced By Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 2

Prompt action by Cessnock Fire Brigade today prevented the destruction by fire of Smythe's boiling down plant on…

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Police Charge Man With Arson After Outbreak Of Fires

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: Following outbreaks of fire in three homes and a car at Balmain early today, a 23-year-old man was charged on three counts of arson. All the fires occurred within a short period after 1 a.m., and…

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